Can puncher



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Patented June '10, 1930 ,UNITED STATES GEORGE WALTER DRUHE, OF PIEDMONT,CALIFORNIA.

can runcnnn Application filed January 23, 1928. Serial No. 248,623.

M invention relates to a device for punching oles in cans, and isparticularly adapted for use in connection with condensed milk cans orthe like wherein it is necessary to '5 punch holes in the top surface ofsaid cans in order that the contents may be poured therefrom.-

An object of my invention is to provide punchin device for a can, inwhich a plurality of holes may be. punched in the top thereof and beequi-distant from the side wall of the can. 7

Another object of my invention is to provide a punchin device for a canin which the holes punched y said device will'b'e spaced from the rim ofsaid can at a distance determined to allow the most eficient pouring ofthe contents thereof.

A further object of the invention is to provide a device of thecharacter indicated, which can be readily made of sheet metal stampingsand which at the same time is light and strong.

A still further ob'ect of this invention'is will which will more readilyappear as the nature of the invention is better understood, the sameconsists in parts which will hereinafter be more fully described,illustrated and claimed.

' ln the accompanying drawings Figure l is a side elevation of thepreferred embodiment of my device she in operative relation with respectto a' can.

Fl are Q is a perspective view of the preferre embodiment of m device.ln manufacturing this device it is extreniely important that the devicewill be simple in construction so that the expense of production will benegligible, as the device is particularly-designed so that it may begivento a customer upon the purchase of a certain brand of condensedmilk, or the like.

The device itself may have the product manto grovide a device forpunching cans which is ufacturers trademark printed thereon. As will beclearly seen, the device will stimulate the sales of a product and alsoserveas an excellent advertising medium, the compara tivcly small costofmanufacture being offset by its advertising value.

Referring to the accompanying drawings wherein similar referencecharacters designate similar parts throughout, the various figuresdescribed above adequately'illustrate my invention, and the followingdetailed descriptlon 1S commensurate with the above mentloned drawingsin enabling an artisan to construct the same.

The reference numeral 1 designates the punching device in its entirety.The device is preferably made from a narrow strip of sheet metal forminga handle 2, one end of said strip is provided with a pair of'spacedprojections 3 and 4. The space between the projections 3 and 4 may be ofan suitable width but it is preferable that sai space he comparativelynarrow for the purpose to be hereinafter set forth.

The other end of the strip 2 is bent as at 5 so as to form a handle forthe device, said bent portions of said strip being, secured together bymeans of suitable rivets 6, thereby forming a light and strong handlefor the device.

The projection 3 of the device is provided with a sharpened end 7substantially as shown in the drawings, said pro'ection forming a punch.The projection l unctions as a spacer for positioning the punch I? withrelation to the side Wall of the can and for this reason it is ofgreater length than the projection 3, and extends beyond the endthereof.

Figure 1 showsmy invention in o erative relation with respect to aconventiona type of can designated by the numeral 8. Preparatory to thepunching of a hole in the can 8, the device is held in upright positionon the top surface 9 of the can 8, the sharpened end 7 of the projection3 engaging said surface. The sharpened edge 7 is spaced from the rim 10of the can 8 by means of the space between projections 3 and 4. As theprojection 4 is longer than the projection 3, as

heretofore described, said projection will engage the side wall of thecan 8 in a sliding action, as is clearly shown in Figure 1. The spacebetween the projections 3 and 4'wil1 de- 1 termine the distance betweenthe hole punched by the puncher 7, and the side wall of the can. It ispreferable that said s ace be comparatively small so that the olepunched will beclose to the side wall of the can so as to facilitate thepouring of the con-'- tents from said can.

I am aware that some changes may be. made in thegeneral arrangement andcom binations of the several devices and parts,

as well as in the details of the construction thereof without departingfrom the scope of the present invention as set forth. in the foregoingspecification and as defined in the following claim; hence, I do notlimit my invention to the exact arrangements and combinations of thesaid device and parts as de scribed in the said specification, nor do Iconfine myself to the exact details of the construction of the saidparts as illustrated in the accompanying drawmgs.

Having thus described my invention, what I now claimas novel and desireto secure by Letters Patent, is: I f

A can head punch com rising a flat strip of metal bent upon itselforming a loop-like handle at one end, spaced apart tynes formed at theother end thereof, one of the said tynes forming a punch and the otherof said tynes functioning as a spacer. I

In, testimony whereof I affix my signature.

GEORGE W. DRUHE.

